Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested two people in Sikar for allegedly accepting bribes of Rs 1 lakh to clear pending bills for a school construction project. The accused include a private individual, Kamal Kumar Kumawat, acting as a middleman for assistant engineer Khumararam, and first assistant accounts officer Ramchandra.ACB officials said Kumawat was caught red-handed taking Rs 60,000 on behalf of Khumararam, while Ramchandra was nabbed with Rs 40,000. The arrests followed a complaint alleging that the assistant engineer and the accounts officer demanded Rs 60,000 and Rs 45,000, respectively, from a contractor to approve bills worth about Rs 27 lakh for building rooms at the Government Higher Secondary School in Devas, Sikar.Additional director general of police (ACB) Smita Srivastava said the Jaipur Rural ACB received the complaint and verified the allegations before setting a trap. The operation was planned under the supervision of DIG (Jaipur ACB) Rajesh Singh and led by additional SP (Jaipur Rural ACB) Sunil Kumar Sihag, with inspector Rajkumar Sharma and his team executing the arrests.According to the ACB, Khumararam fled the scene after learning of the operation and remains absconding. “Efforts are underway to track him down,” an official said.The investigation and interrogation of Kumawat and Ramchandra are continuing . The ACB registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and will pursue further inquiries to determine the full extent of the alleged bribery network.Futher investigation into the case is continuing, said ACB sources.
